Smoking pipe



Patented Nov. 25, 1924.

UNlTED STATES v I 1,511,041 PATENT ornca.

BENJAMIN ZEIOHNEB, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOBTO L. & H. STERN, INC.,

OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SMOKING PIPE.

Application filed January 16, @922. Serial No. 529,643.v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, BENJAMIN ZEICHNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Smoking Pipes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to smoking pipes, and particularly to that class of pipes wherein a chamber or well is provided adjacent the bowl and between the bowl and stem.

In the drawings I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention, and inasmuch as this embodiment is selected for the convenience of illustration I do not wish to be limited to the particular construction therein shown, as it is obvious that the invention may take many forms within the scope of 2c the claims.

Figure 1 is an illustrative embodiment of a pipe formed in accordance with this invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view thereof; and Figure 3 isa sectional view of the bottom of the bowl.v I 7 The illustrative embodiment of the invention includes a shank 10, which is provided at one end with an enlargement 11, in which a chamber or well 12 is formed.

This chamber opens upwardly for communication with the bowl of the pipe. A duct '13 communicates with the chamber or well 12, extends through the shank 10, and communicates with the duct in the stem'14. This stem 14 is attached to the shank 10 by any of the well-known methods of attac? ment. The bowl is mounted on the enlargeme of the shank 10, so that the recess or chamber which accommodates the combustible substance is aligned with the chamber or well 12. This bowl consists of two parts, one

being the bottom 18. This bottom 18 of the bowl is provided with two oppositely ex-- tendingtprojections 19 and20, the projection '19 extending into the recess or chamber 16 and bein' detachably engaged with the wall 15,'an' the projection 20 extending into the chamber or'well 12'andbeing detachably engaged with-the shank 10. The

bowl and shank are thus detachably held-tou gether. While I have illustrated the proso In order to limit the movement of the projection 18 into the recess 16 and the movement of the projection 20 into the chamber or well 12, a flange 21 is provided on the bottom 18 which flange is seated in a recess at the lower end of the wall 15, and is of a diameter less than the diameter of the lower portion of the wall, so that when the material of which the bottom of the bowl is made is a good conductor of heat the hand of the user of the pipe will be protected by the overlying portion of the wall 15.

The bottom of the bowl in the form illustrated in the drawing has a. recess 22 therein, which forms the lower end of the recess 16 of the wall 15 and communicates with the chamber or well 12 through a duct 'It has been found that in pipes of the .80 class where a chamber or well is located adjacent the bowl and between the latter and the stem, if the bottom of the bowl is made of the ordinary combustible material, such as briar, the bottom will very quickly burn out and thus render the pipe valueless: but where the bottom of the bowl is made of a non-combustible material the heat generated during the smoking of the pipe will, of course, be ineifective to destroy the bottom. With this construction the wall of the pipe may, of course, be made of briar to retain the virtues incident to the use of briar in the bowl, and the bottom of the bowl ma bemade of any non-combustible materia such as metal or, in fact, any of the wellknown materials used where heat resistance is. of importance being the side wall 15, by which the cham- 45 her or recess 16 is bounded, and the other The stem and shank of the pipe may be made of any suitable material, such as hard rubber, I horn, redmanol, bakelite, .amber, briar, etc. Or the stem may be made of any one' of these materials and the shank of any of the others. For instance, the shank may. be made of briarand, since the flange 21 on the bottom of the bowl does not project through the side wall of the bowl, the continuity of the briar bowl will be preserved. The formation of the various'parts of the pipeof any ofthese or other 1 0' r 4 tion provided with a chamber,

however, a matter of choice and unimportant except that the bottom of the bowl must be formed of a heat-resisting or noncombustible material. i It will of course be'understood that the bowl may have communication with the chamber or Well 12 through a series of ducts arranged in various manners, instead of through one duct, as illustrated in the drawlng.

\Vith a pipe constructed in this manner all of the advantages incident to the use of a chamber or well adjacent to the bowl and between the bowl and the stem are retained,

and, in addition, the bottom of the bowl is prevented from burning during the smok-h deep receptacle having a bottom wall portion materially thicker than the side wall portions thereof, and an elongated passage extending vertically through said bottom portion, substantially as specified.

2. A smoking pipe comprising a shank terminating at oneend in an enlarged portion provided with a chamber, a top. member conformed to said enlarged portion, and aconnecting member comprising a relatively deep receptacle having a thin. side wall portion extending into and secured to said top member, and a relatively thick bottom Wall portion extending intoand lying Wholly within said chamber and secured to said shank, and an elongated passage ex tending vertically through said bottom portion, substantially as specified.

3. A smoking pipe comprising a shank terminating at one end in an enlarged portion provided with a chamber, a top member conformed to said enlarged portion, and a connecting, member comprising a relatively deep receptacle having a thin side wall portion extending into and secured to said top member, and a relatively thick bottom Wall portion of reduced cross section extending into and occupying the major portion of said chamber and secured to an elongated through said as specified. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my passage extending vertically bottom portion, substantially name to this specification this 14th day of January, 1922.

BENJAMIN ZEICHNER.-

said shank, and 

